Agdistis Falkovitshi (Lep.: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae), a New Record for the Fauna of Iran

Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 39 2014, 34(2): 39-40

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Agdistis falkovitshi (Lep.: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae), a new record for the fauna of Iran

H. Alipanah Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]

Microlepidopter ƵŶǀƨģ ŹřŵƦ ƫƺěƩ ŚŝƽřƶƳƺưƳŻźŞƫřƱŚŤſřƙǈŞūƹŚſƖŝřƺţŻřƵŵƶŤĭƶƤƐƴƯŻřƵŶƃƽ ŹƹōƖưū ƽŚƷƶƳƺưƳƾſŹźŝƲưƋ Agdistis falkovitshi Agdistinae Pterophoridae Agdistis Hübner ƾºưƬƗƭŚºƳŚºŝ ƵŵřƺƳŚºųźƿŻƹ ƵŵřƺƳŚºųŻř žƴºūƶºŝƢºƬƘŤƯ Zagulajev, 1986 ŢſřƵŶƃƁŹřżĭƱŚŤƀƫƺƜƯƹƱŚŤƀƣřżƣƱŚŤƀƴưƧźţƱŚŤƀƨŝŻřŻřƱƺƴƧŚţƶƧƶƳƺĭƲƿřŢƟźĭŹřźƣƾƿŚſŚƴƃŵŹƺƯ ŶſŹƾ ƯŵŶƗæìƶŝƱřźƿřŹŵžƴūƲƿřƽŚƷƶ ƳƺĭŵřŶƘţŜǀţźţƲ ƿřƶ ŝƹŵƺƃƾƯƁŹřżĭƱřźƿřŻřŹŚŝƲǀƫƹřƽřźŝ

The members of the genus Agdistis Hübner with the base of the median distal cleft of bifurcated eighth estimated 108 species worldwide, occur in Palaearctic abdominal sternite of the male. Wingspan 21 mm (in region, Africa, North America, and South Asia (Gielis, the examined specimen), slightly larger than those of 2003, 2008, 2011; Altermatt, 2008; Ustjuzhanin & Arenberger (1995); ground color of forewing grey- Kovtunovich, 2011). A total of 16 species of this genus brown with clear spots in costal margin; cone-shaped have been previously reported from Iran (Staudinger & frons; the thin uncus in male genitalia shorter than Rebel, 1901; Bigot, 1968; Sutter, 1991; Arenberger, length of each branch of bifurcated eighth sternite; 1990, 1995, 2002; Alipanah & Ustjuzhanin, 2006). aedeagus with some bending in its length; antrum in During the study of the microlepidoptera species of female genitalia strongly sclerotized and obliquely Alborz province, a female specimen was collected and curved; ostium concave; apophyses anteriores stub- determined as Agdistis falkovitshi Zagualaev, 1986. like, female with bifurcated posterior margin of eighth The locality data of this specimen is as follows: 1 ♀, abdominal sternite (Arenberger, 1995). Alborz province: Sâvojbolâgh, Gatehdeh, N 36˚10´39½, This is the first record of this species form Iran

E 51˚02´20.9½, 2260 m., 31.vii.– 01.viii.2007, leg. and thereby, the total number of the reported species of Zahiri, Âlipanâh & Falsafi. Agdistis in Iran increases to 17 species. This species, which is already reported from The specimen is deposited at the Lepidoptera Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia collection of the Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, (Arenberger, 1995; Gielis, 2003), differs from other Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, related species in having a short denticle-like process at Iran.

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Received: 26 September 2012 Accepted: 23 January 2013